Monday, 18 July 2022 – 08:59 WIB
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VIVA Sainstek – Moon is satellite Earth is the only natural satellite which is also the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. Seen from the earth, the moon has a beautiful and charming charm. Did you know that there are strange and amazing things about the moon that you may not have known about? Quote from Live Sciencehere are the latest and interesting scientific findings about the moon.
1. There is water on the moon
In 2009, data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) led to the discovery of water on the moon locked in ice. A recent upgrade to the orbiter, called the Alpha Lyman Mapping Project (LAMP), has allowed scientists to get a closer look at the water on the moon’s surface. LAMP has revealed that water molecules move around the moon as the lunar surface warms and cools throughout the day.
Water remains stuck on the lunar surface until midday, when some of the water melts and is hot enough to be lifted up into the moon’s subtle atmosphere. The water floats slightly until it reaches an area cool enough to allow it to settle back to the surface.
Water on other planetary bodies could be a valuable resource for human explorers to not only drink but also serve as fuel for future robotic exploration, as water can be broken down to form rocket fuel, saving missions from having to bring that fuel off Earth. .
2. There is a very large and dense lump of metal under the surface of the moon’s south pole
Deep beneath the moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin (the largest preserved impact crater anywhere in the solar system), researchers have detected a giant “anomaly” of heavy metal nesting in the mantle that appears to alter the moon’s gravitational field.
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